PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Chase (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lyoto Liddell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liddell has chosen Go Ninja- Vanilla Ice as his entrance music. Lyoto Liddell acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Chase
vs
Liddell

190 cm
23
215 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

185 cm
19
204 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great low kicks
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johnny Chase!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lyoto Liddell!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Jonathan Paton and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Chase fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Liddell, pushing him back against the cage.
Chase blocks an elbow strike from Liddell.
Chase throws an elbow that misses.
Liddell looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Liddell managing to block the knees to the body from Chase.
Liddell missing with knees to the body.
Chase avoids the elbow strike from Liddell, against the cage.
Chase avoiding damage as Liddell throws knees to the body.
Liddell throws an elbow that misses.
Liddell blocks an elbow strike from Chase.
Liddell tries a knee to the head but Chase blocks it.
Liddell wants to stall.
Chase blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Chase trying to land knees to the body.
Liddell tries to land knees in the clinch but Chase avoids the damage to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Chase with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Chase tries to land a knee to the head but Liddell blocks with his arms.
Liddell throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Chase misses with the head strike.
Liddell managing to block the knees to the body from Chase.
Liddell gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Johnny Chase has been cut.
Chase misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Liddell.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chase comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Lyoto Liddell has been cut.
Liddell misses with a knee strike.
Chase throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Chase lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Liddell.
Liddell throws an elbow but it misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Chase misses with a punch on the inside.

Liddell pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Chase tries to clinch but Liddell moves out of range.
Chase tries to clinch but Liddell is having none of it.
Liddell misses with a head kick.
Johnny Chase seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Chase.
Liddell throws a sloppy head kick and Chase moves out of range easily.
Chase tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Liddell paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Liddell misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Chase connects with a high kick.
Liddell fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chase manages to avoid it.
Liddell looks to score with a jab to the body but Chase is just out of range.
Chase tries to clinch up.
Chase lands a high kick to the side of Liddell's head that stuns him and send him tumbling down to the canvas! Chase dives into guard, looking to finish.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Liddell being controlled here, momentarily.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Liddell can do anything to dispel that myth.
Liddell looking to hit a scissor sweep but Chase is one step ahead there.
Chase stays in close to Liddell's body and controls the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chase slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Liddell trying to remain calm as Chase controls from the top position.
Liddell sneaks back into half guard.
Chase sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Liddell keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Chase trying to control the action but Liddell is working from the bottom.
Liddell is trying to maintain the position but Chase is very close to passing his half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chase sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Liddell defending well though.
Chase slows the pace down in half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Chase is keen to just control but Liddell is a slippery customer.
Chase is controlling the pace.
Chase wants to control but Liddell is keeping him busy.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Chase wants to clinch up but Liddell keeps it at a distance.
Liddell throws a sloppy head kick and Chase moves out of range easily.
Liddell tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Liddell throws a sloppy head kick and Chase moves out of range easily.
Liddell throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Chase's head.

Johnny Chase's cut is getting worse.
Liddell swats away the attempt to clinch by Chase.
Chase scores with a jab to the body.
Liddell goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Liddell takes a kick to the side of the head.
Liddell lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Liddell connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Chase takes the fight into the clinch.
Chase scores a nice knee to the body.
Liddell looks gassed!
Chase tries to land knees in the clinch but Liddell avoids the damage to the body.
Liddell trying to land knees to the body.
Chase tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nice elbow from Chase.

That has opened up Lyoto Liddell's cut even more.
Chase on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Chase with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Chase on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Chase lands an elbow inside.
Chase misses with a knee strike.
Chase prevents Liddell from breaking the clinch.
Chase throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Chase managing to block the knees to the body from Liddell.
Liddell blocks an elbow strike.
Chase has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Liddell avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Chase dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Chase throws a sloppy head kick and Liddell moves out of range easily.
Chase throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
A head kick from Liddell lands but Chase takes it in his stride.
Liddell connects with a body shot.
Chase doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Liddell jabs Chase right on the nose. Chase blinks but takes it well.

Johnny Chase's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Liddell throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Liddell tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Liddell with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Liddell plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Liddell lands a high kick!

Jeez, Johnny Chase's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Liddell throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Chase plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A head kick misses from Chase.
Liddell cracks a nice hook into Chase's ribs.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Liddell lands a head kick!
Liddell with a nice cross.
Lyoto Liddell seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A solid leg kick lands there for Liddell.
Chase fails with an attempt to clinch.
Chase tries to close the distance and clinch but Liddell swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Chase blocks the body kick.
Chase fails in his attempt to clinch.
Liddell tries a head kick but it misses.
Chase tries to close the distance and clinch but Liddell swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lyoto Liddell is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Chase closes the distance and clinches.
Liddell landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Liddell.
Liddell avoids the elbow strike from Chase, against the cage.
Chase tries a knee to the head but Liddell blocks it.
Chase trying to land knees to the body.
Chase avoiding damage as Liddell throws knees to the body.
Chase throws an elbow that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Liddell throws an elbow but misses.
Chase misses with an elbow strike.
Liddell avoids the elbow strike from Chase, against the cage.
Liddell lands an elbow that stopped Chase in his tracks for a moment.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Johnny Chase's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Lyoto Liddell!
Lyoto Liddell is the new light heavyweight champion!